Radically Patient

Because someone needs to hear this today.

God is not finished with you.

You are not too far gone.

Your mistakes are not too numerous.

It can sometimes feel as though we have let Him down too many times. Like our continued failures have somehow made us unlovable, unreachable, and unworthy of grace.

I was sharing with someone recently that it feels, often, that my quiet time every morning is a "returning to my first love." It's my daily renewing of my "yes" to Him. And oh how I imagine our good, good Father sitting at my desk every morning with open arms, gently whispering the words my aching heart needs to hear... "Come in, I've been waiting for you child."

Always the wooing.

Always the Pursuer of my heart.

Always the Provider of grace.

Radical.. unbelievable... ridiculous... undeserving grace!

Psalm 103:8 in the Passion Translation says this, "Lord, You’re so kind and tenderhearted to those who don’t deserve it and so patient with people who fail You! Your love is like a flooding river overflowing its banks with kindness."

Scripture tells us that He is kind.

He is tenderhearted.

He is patient.

Oh and sometimes I have to remind myself daily... "He is patient. He is radically patient."

You see I am not the one who pursues.

You are not the one who pursues.

HE is.

And there is no where we can run to where as we do we aren't running headlong into that ever-patient, over-flowing, ridiculously amazing love!

He waits.

He waits for as long as it takes for you to return.

Isaiah 30:18, one of my favorites in all of the Bible, reminds us that, "...the LORD must wait for you to come to Him so he can show you his love and compassion."

He will not rush you. He will gently draw you in.

His love is irresistible.

Don't be discouraged today. Instead, strengthen yourself in the Lord. Remind yourself multiple times a day if you must, that He is good. He is kind. He longs for my return. He's patient through all of my shortcomings.

He will restore all that has been broken.

If we simply come.

Again.

It's not too late.

You are radically loved, ridiculously forgiven, and relentlessly sought after.

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